Fidel Castro Denies
Sharp Disagreements With
Cuba's New Leader
Cuba's former leader
Fidel Castro denied he
had critical
disagreements with the
country's newly elected
leader Raul Castro as
some Western media had
reported, Cuban daily
Granma said Friday.
This is Fidel's first
public comments since
Raul, Fidel's younger
brother, became
the top leader last
weekend.
A recent article
published by BBC Mundo
on its website said
Fidel's authority is
still a "sword of
Damocles" against the
new Cuban leadership.
Fidel, 81, fought back,
saying the allegation
was just attacking him
personally in an
insulting manner.
The BBC article also
reported that rumors
said Fidel had
"screaming"
disagreements over a
variety of issues with
Raul, 76, who is Fidel's
younger brother.
Fidel responded by
saying the report
speculations "cannot
occur even due to basic
dignity and respect."
Fidel said Raul has "all
legal and constitutional
faculties" to lead Cuba,
adding Raul is fully in
charge as the new
leader.
Fidel said he noted some
other major U.S. media
outlets including The
New York Times, The
Washington Post and The
Wall Street Journal also
commented on Cuba's
recent elections.
Those media did not
insult the elections,
but apparently didn't
like Cuba's half century
of heroic resistance
against Western
aggression, he added.
Raul was elected as
Cuba's new leader on
Feb. 24 at the National
Assembly of People's
Power to succeed Fidel,
a veteran revolutionary
and leader of Cuba since
1959.
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